The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-04-08
SUPREME COURT
April Term.

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appeals, known as the Michiels insur-
ance cases VS.. the Hartford Insurance
Company, the Commercial Insurance
Company, and the South British In
surance Company, we're transferred
from the appeal to the jury calendar.
The King VS.. All Nook, Chock Hin,
and Lu Choy, appeal from the Homo
lulu Police Court, was struck out Of
the calendar.
Keawe VS.. Halawa Sugar Company,
appeal from Third Circuit Court and
Swift VS.. Garsiin, equity appeal, were
withdrawn.
The Manuel Brito habeas corpus
case, before Judge Preston at Chambers
on the 2oth March, and the final de-
cision of which was referred to the
Court in banco, was taken up and
heard. The arguments Of counsel
we're similar to those used at Chambers
Decision reserved
The King VS.. Young Tang was
called, when question was raised as
to whether Mr. ]. A. Magoon or Mr..
]. T. Dare was counsel for the appel
liant, papers signed by Young Tang
being put in, the one saying that Mr..
Dare was no longer to appear in the
case, and filed April 4th, and another
setting forth that Mr. Dare is his
attorney and filed April 9th. The
appellant being heard in person, the
Court decided to recognize Mr., Dare
as counsel for Young Tang. This lis
5 an appeal from the Police Court, in
which the appellant was sentenced to
the penalty of the opium law Of 1886,
namely, $1,000 fine and two years i'm
(, prsonment. The points raised on the
appeal involve the constitutionality of
the whole Act
n Trask VS.. Pakiko, equity appeal.
a Kinney and Peterson for Trask,
J. Thompson for Pakiko.
Hop Sing & Co. VS.. Kan On, equity
appeal. Ashford and Ashford and
6 Kinney and Peterson for plaintiff Neu
, mann and Hatch for defendant.
AT CHAMBERS.
Before Chief Justice Judd. Habea'
;. Corpus. A petition on behalf Of All
# Gee and Pack Wal, by w. X. Castle
|, their attorney, was filed Wednesday foi
r a writ of ha6eaS e0ybNS The petition
set forth; (r) That petitioners have
recently arrived in the Kingdom, or
= the 9Th inst; that they we're then de
" tanned at the quarantine station by {
e person or persons unknown to them
e. but whose name they we're informed
II was Reynolds; (2) that they are no
% aware of the cause Of their detention
d no cause having been assigned to them
(3) that said detention is not OF
account of any legal process Tit
IL writ was issued and return mad,
&c thereon at o;3o a. M, when the peti
~ TONERS were produced and the answe
&c of c. b. Reynolds, respondent, read
IL alleging that said All Gee and PACK
Wal were heretofore held by orde
u Of the Board of Health, and tina
the usual time for their release having
g expired, they were now brought befor'
-, the Court, respondent asking for tn
~ said reasons that they be discharged.
- Messrs. Castle and Hatch appeared
y, ~ for the petitioners and Attorney Gen
+, eral A. Rosa for G. b. Reynolds.
~ The Attorney General said that pet
" TONERS were not then in the custody O
the respondent, that they and their bag
". gage being considered to be danger
no GUS to the public health, were held b
ee the Board OF Health, and the perio
RS for holding them had elapsed.
or. Mr.. Castle claimed that petitioner
60 hid been wrongfully held, that ther
G. was no law authorizing the Govern
ment to detain them, and asked III
Court to pass an opinion as to tn
ed mode OF Imprisonment.
nd The Court declined to give an opil
he ion before the return of respondent ha
&c, been made in writing and filed, an
3D. continued the hearing till IL o'cloc
op The time having arrived, the respon'
lat ents return was read, when the Cou
'ut considered that no opinion on II
ice merits of the case was necessary, ar
art ordered the petitioners discharged, r
OF spondent to pay costs Mr. f. /
Hayselden, Secretary of the Board
Health, was present at the hearing
Probate. In the matter of the esta
"a of Wong Kim, deceased, and on Il
,"u petition of s. G. Wilder & Co., cree
led tors, letters of temporary admlnistr
ton we're ordered to issue to W.
sail Parke, under a bond of $1,000.
on SIDE LIGHTS.